VN - Others - Completed - The Devil On G String [Final] [Akabei Soft2]

The Devil on G-String is definitely is one of the most divisive titles in the VN world. What's interesting about this, is that the disagreements have 3 main sources: The big plot twist; The ending; And how important the heroine routes should be. This is just a way of saying that if you read this, your opinion could go either way. At the end of the day, The Devil on G-String is still a high tier VN.

Positive:
- Mystery - It's similar to a detective story (cat and mouse), where characters use their wits to unmask and keep evading each other. It makes for compelling entertainment.
- Writing - Years of complaints aside, the writing has quality. Whether we are talking about event descriptions, main cast characterization, or even some plot devices. Reading this becomes a pleasure at times.
- Setting - It's true that mystery VN's are not uncommon, and mystery in VN's is very common, but if we specify contemporary criminal mystery, it's a different story. The usual high school environment exists, but the themes explored are very different and mature.
- Great pacing (if you ignore the heroine routes). If you don't get in any routes this title is highly engaging and entertaining. Things will also be more structured and logical that way, so I recommend you read the main story uninterrupted.

Negative:
- Lots of people think the big twist is cheap, and the ending of can be a "hard pill to swallow". 3 heroine routes are filler.

(Personally, none of the above complaints make sense, but their number is significant enough to mention.)

Score: The Devil on G-string is an 8/10 and a great VN, but you can't dismiss the possibility of being disappointed, with some of the writer's choices. Basically, this is one of those times where you should make your own opinion, and ignore all the noise. There's quality here, the rest is up to your own subjectivity.

(Don't bother with the H-scenes. It's a long VN, and they are not worth it.)

Story: 1/5
This game's story had so much potential.. but the end completely ruined it. Like the premise itself probably deserves 4 stars but the execution made me so irrationally angry at how much potential they wasted I feel like 1 star is justified. If you completely turn of your brain you might find enjoyment in it, but I cannot understand how anyone could refer to this as "one of the best VN's." Don't expect it to deliver on any of the premises it introduces in the first 75% of the story.
Art: 3/5
Not much to say on this. The art is decent, but don't expect anything special.
Sound Design: 4/5
Music is good. Not much more to say on this, the music is singlehandedly what saves this from being a 1 star review.
Hentai: 2/5
It honestly felt like a patch made by fans more than actual hentai made by a good developer. I've read fanfics more integrated into stories than the porn in this game. You lose nothing by removing the H-scenes.
Overall: 2/5
I will never understand why this is so highly rated. It's just an incredibly mediocre VN that had an interesting premise that it failed to capitalize on. If it were the first VN I read, it would have been the last VN.

If you want you can give it a try though. A lot of people like it, I just wanted to vent. I hate that this is one of the most recommended VNs. It does not deserve it.

this game is a masterpiece and i finished it twice which i never did to any other game. this is my second ever vn i ever played and the first one which ever made me cry. like roscher said below i would compel you to read the haru route the last because it has the most spoilers and the route is the most emotional and thrilling one.
[SPOILER/]"the thing that i think made the novel more interesting is how they portrayed maou and the mc. they in perfect situations transferred the mc with maou's dialogue and made the mc have mental illness with which you would think he is really the maou unless you played the haru route else maou is forgotten["/SPOILER]

An oldie but pretty good if you ignore that the logic falls apart in the final chapter. Over the course of the game it's setting up something that ultimately doesn't pay off and fakes you out and left me wondering if the scenario writer had a different plan but just dropped it from cowardice or something.
For example -

The spoiler really took me out of the story at that time. Still, it has some famous VA's (Lelouch Lamperouge, etc.) and a nice classical music soundtrack and it is a fairly dark story with all the endings being very bittersweet to downright sad. The art is also decent though not the best I've seen and the girls from what I remember aren't cookie cutter.

This VN is a work of art, with a tantalizing story that grips you, locks you in, and doesn't let you go until the very last page. It's a purveyance of beautiful melancholy, tinged with lingering regrets. It's worth reading, if you're in the market for a serious VN experience, and the less you read about it before doing so, the better. That includes the discussion thread right here, which has spoilers.

If you just want to see people get their bone on though, you're gonna be playing a lot of game for a small amount of smut. That ain't what it's about.

Ok, rating this is like rating Marlon Brando's Col. Kurtz in apocalypse now.

It is a sad Masterpiece, perhaps the greatest VN of his kind. The plot is is perfect the characters too the OST is amazing nad the graphical quality, even if is a little old, is still outstanding. This is one of the VN where you will not skip dialogues. Unrated version only.

This review contains spoilers

This one is an excellent visual novel, definitely worth your time.
Sadly the last part drops the quality to Sword art online levels of bad.
I promise you, the ending was so bad that it ruined the whole experience.
And that's the painful part... It is really good until certain events start triggering

Best Visual Novel ! wont regret reading it again, it has really beautiful story, and plot twist that will surprise you
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One if not, THE best VN there is.
See this "game" like a good book [well it's a VN after all], put on some good earphones, mute the voices and just enjoy the ride.

I would suggest leaving the main heroine for last.
Cause... reasons.